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Splice launches generative AI tools that fairly compensate sample creators

Variations creates five unique spins on a chosen sound, letting you specify a key and tempo and dial in a chosen level of complexity

MusicRadar · Apr 16

“For the first time, we’re moving beyond samples”: Splice unveils free plugin and virtual instrument platform with hundreds of free presets

INSTRUMENT features 1200+ multi-sampled presets built on sounds from Spitfire Audio, the British virtual instrument developer recently acquired by Splice

MusicRadar · Oct 2, 2025

"This isn't just a piano, it's the 1901 Steinway B heard across albums from Elton John, David Bowie, and Fleetwood Mac": Spitfire Audio's latest instrument captures the sound of the historic Strawberry Studios

Château Piano samples a 1901 Steinway B found in an 18th-century French manor house and residential studio beloved by '70s icons

MusicRadar · Aug 6, 2025

‘We’re projecting into the future’: sounds of BBC Radiophonic Workshop made available for public use

Software goes on sale that replicates the distinctive analogue sounds of celebrated unit where Doctor Who theme was created

The Guardian - UK · Feb 19, 2025

Spitfire Audio's latest instrument captures the sound of the Radiophonic Workshop, the hugely influential BBC department "purely for making bonkers noises"

BBC Radiophonic Workshop VST features a vast collection of recordings of vintage gear, tape loops, found sounds and archive material from the Workshop's four-decade history

MusicRadar · Feb 19, 2025

"People were always asking me, but I never used to tell them": Trevor Horn finally dishes out his sampling and drum machine tips in a new studio interview

The legendary producer lowers his guard when quizzed about the "golden era" of hi-tech music making

MusicRadar · Jan 15, 2025

Spitfire Audio’s Cells captures the beauty and unpredictability of Ólafur Arnalds' music in your DAW

This unique sample library doesn’t only provide stunning orchestral sounds - it simulates the sensation of having a string orchestra respond to your music in real time

MusicRadar · Nov 12, 2024

Spitfire Audio launches LABS+ subscription platform for samples - but LABS will remain free

LABS+ is launching with a new sample instrument focused on the sounds of amapiano

MusicRadar · Oct 22, 2024

Former Spitfire Audio CEO Will Evans on new music tech company Song Athletics: "We’re making tools for music-makers, but coming from a place of having a broader interest in sound and the love of music and recording"

Since launching in 2023, Song Athletics has released sample packs, a plugin and even a coffee range - but where is the brand headed next?

MusicRadar · May 30, 2024

Song Athletics releases its first plugin, a sampler "designed to help you find the joy in your one shot collection"

Simplicity is key in OSS, the debut plugin from ex-Spitfire Audio head Will Evans' recently launched Song Athletics brand

MusicRadar · May 1, 2024